Job Status: Filled

Assistant Manager Buying and Logistics (Wine Jobs: Management & Administration)

Full Time

  The Sampler (UK) Ltd (http://www.thesampler.co.uk)

  Wimbledon SW19, England

The Sampler is an innovative wine merchant in London. We were the first retailer to use Enomatic machines which help make shopping for wine a more fun and successful experience.  We have a large and extremely diverse range of wines with particular depth in traditional Rioja, Grower Champagne and mature Bordeaux and Burgundy.

Job Description

 Reporting to our Buying, Logistics and Private Clients Manager the role is both supplier and customer based so the ideal candidate will be outgoing, provide great customer care and with a genuine can-do positive attitude, who will work well within our tight-knit team and is calm under pressure. We are looking for someone who is superbly organised, with strong communication skills and good analytical mind ideally with a passion for wine.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide excellent customer care to our wholesale customers and private clients
  • Processing orders, maintaining customer records
  • Ensuring orders are fulfilled by our logistics partners and delivery team
  • Organising international shipments with various customers, distributors and shipping companies
  • Maintaining stock logs, investigating discrepancies, counting stock
  • Improving and developing procedures in line with growth plans
  • Supporting the wholesale team, ensuring the delivery schedule is managed efficiently and our wholesale customers receive the correct invoices and stock in a timely manner
  • Liaising with our growers, place stock replenishment orders and organise the collection, shipment and delivery of goods
  • Support our en primeur campaigns and their logistic requirements
  • Maintain wine and stock database and the content of our website

Essential Skills

  • Excellent computer and numeracy skill, in depth knowledge of Excel
  • Strong organisation and time-management skills, capable of juggling multiple tasks
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise and work well under pressure
  • Flexible and creative, with strong problem solving abilities
  • Warm and approachable demeanour

Experience required

  • You must be able to demonstrate relevant experience in administration/processing and maintaining customer-supplier relationships
  • Previous experience in a logistics/supply chain/inventory/admin role would be beneficial
  • Passion for wine with WSET level 3 would be an advantage

In return we offer a very competitive package which includes

  • The opportunity to taste some of the world’s finest and rarest wines
  • Be involved in meeting wine makers, attend trade and in house tastings
  • Possibility of being involved in sourcing new wines
  • Base salary with generous bonuses
  •  Salary: £20k +£1k OTE bonus
  • Full time position

    


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